Mechanical razor



March 31, 1953 H, KONRAD 2,632,948

MECHANICAL RAZOR Fi1edJan.28,195o

Patented Mar. 31, 1953 f 2,632,948 Y l n Hermamimtsimrland (ciste-43;)

. 2. @klima 1 Y f This invention relates :to mechanical razors with a head having a xed cutting plate withv severalmconceptric raceways having radial slots, and" 'several cutters vmovable axially independent of: one another, these cutters cooperating with the concentric raceways of vthe cutting plate against .which they are yieldably pressed.

Itis an object of my invention to arrange the concentric raceways at levels decreasing from the inner raceway towards the outer raceway, the central front face of the cutting blade being flush with the inner raceway.

It is another object of my invention to make the central front face of the cutting plate flat.

A further object of my invention resides in the provision of reinforcing ribs between the con- Y centric raceways.

A still further object is to provide three raceways, a first series of radial slots traversing the inner raceway, and a second series of radial slots traversing without interruption both the two other raceways.

Another object is to provide three concentric raceways, every two adjacent raceways being separated by reinforcing ribs.

Other objects and features will be apparent as the following description proceeds, reference being had to the accompanying drawings illustrating by way of example two embodiments of my invention, and wherein Fig. l is an elevation, partly in section, of the head portion of a mechanical razor,

Fig, 2 is an end view of the cutting plate of the headshown in Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 of another head portion.

Referring now to the drawing, I designates a coupling member integral or otherwise coupled with the drive shaft 2. A sleeve 3 has a threaded portion 4 to be screwed to the razor body not shown. A fixed cutting plate 5 is supported by a shoulder on the upper rim of the sleeve 3 and ypressed onto this rim by the upper inwardly bent portion of a ring 5 having screw threads I engaging similar screw threads of the sleeve 3.

The coupling member I comprises driving tongues 8 spaced by recesses I4. These tongues enter notches 9 of the sleeve portion I0 of several (three) cutter-carrying members II concentric to one another and axially adjustable independently of one another.v The cutter-carryf ing members II carry rims or crowns of cutters I2 arranged at a distance from one another. These cutters I2 engage the inner surface of the cutting plate 5. Helical springs I3 bearing against the members I; Iv and against .the lettilrli of the annular recesses .bici vthe @coupling :mem-. ber I .press the cutters I2- yieldably against'the linner ,surface `of .the .cutting plate 5,

FThe entf ters .|12 xed tov one of the :members .1J are. quite independentofzthe .cutters of another ber Il.

' The abone-described ,organisation .of 'fthe ferent Iparts is :shown and .described diaall' my Patent 2,556,015. granted December 2d, lih a division of application Serial No. 573,703, led January 20, 1945, and now abandoned.

The cutting edges of the cutters I2 engage and move along the inner surface of raceways I5, I6, Il of the cutting plate 5, these raceways lying concentrically to one another and being slightly concave.

The raceways are arranged at stages with regard to one another, with their levels decreasing from the innermost raceway I5 down to the outermost Il. The central front face IB of the razor head, forming part of the cutting plate 5, is flush with the outer surface of the innermost raceway I5 and is by preference flat. The face I8 is thus tangential to the outer surface of the raceway I5. There is no groove or the like between adjacent raceways on the outer surface of the cutting plate 5, that is, on going on the upper surface of the plate 5 from the outer rim of the latter towards the center one does not descend before arriving on the next raceway.

Radial slots are cut out in the raceways I5, I6, I'I. In Figs. 1 and 2 there are two circular concentric series, viz.: the slots I9 of the innermost raceway I5, and the slots 20 extending without interruption through both the raceways I6 and I'I. Between the slots I5 and 20 there is reinforcing rib 24.

The embodiment of Fig. 3 merely diiers from Fig. 1 by three series of radial slots 2l, 22, 23, each of them traversing but one raceway. In order to avoid an undue weakening of the plate 5 by all these slots arranged close together, reinforcing ribs 24 are provided between the raceways I5, I6 and I6, Il. These ribs allow the slots to be made rather long. Also in this embodiment there are no grooves or the like between adjacent raceways on the outer surface of the cutting plate.

When the front face of the razor head is applied to the skin, the different stages give the skin a rounded shape and form beads on it, making the hairs project to facilitate cutting. My novel cutting plate smoothly glides over the skin and avoids any irritation of the latter.

prising radial slots, cutters axially movable inv dependently of one another in engagement with said raceways, means pressing said cutters yieldedly against said raceways, each of said raceways being disposed at a different level withrespect to said axial front face, the level of said raceways decreasing continuous-ly radially outwardly from said axial front face, each of said raceways having a sloping surface and the line of juncture between one raceway and the next inner raceway being at the level of the face of the irst raceway and said juncture dening an oblique angle, the raceway adjacent said axial front face coinciding at its point of juncture with the surface of said axial front face and sloping gradually radially outwardly to a lower level at the juncture with the next concentric raceway, whereby said razor is free from depressions be- 4 tween adjoining raceways, the inner-most raceway being substantially flush with the surface of said axial front face.

2. In a mechanical razor according to claim 1, said raceways being in the number of three. a rst series of radial slots traversing the inner raceway, and a second series of slots traversing without interruption both the other raceways, said cutting plate comprising a reinforcing rib between the inner and the adjacent raceway.

HERMANN KONRAD.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,370,331 Susunaga Feb. 27, 1945 2,536,015 Konrad Dec. 26, 1950 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 598,664 Great Britain June 21, 1945 598,665 Great Britain June 21, 1945 OTHER REFERENCES Ser. No. 261,386, Loinaz (A. P. 0.), published June 1, 1943. 

